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No. 7 Dickinson Eventually Beats Swat

from press release

CARLISLE, Pa. - The No. 7-ranked Dickinson College men's
lacrosse team turned in a solid performance under poor playing
conditions to hold off visiting Swarthmore, 9-6, on Saturday
afternoon. Playing in a heavy rain for the better part of the
contest, the Red Devils weathered the storm and a tenacious effort
by the Garnet.

The Devils capitalized on a extra-man opportunity as Richard
Craft (Newtown Square, Pa./Episcopal) scored off an assist from
Matt Cherry (Radnor, Pa./Radnor) at the 11:27 mark of the first
quarter. Junior Bobby Kingsley (Bethesda, Md./St. Albans) put
Dickinson up, 2-0, scoring just two minutes later with an assist
from Pat Curley (Ellicott City, Md./Mt. St. Joseph).

It took less than a minute for the Devils to stretch the lead to
3-0 as Cherry fed sophomore Christian Beitel (Newtown,
Conn./Newtown) at the 8:31 mark of the first quarter.

Swarthmore answered with a pair of goals to cut the deficit to
3-2 at the end of the first. Pat Greene finished a Brandon Conway
assists with 4:40 to play and Steve Selvarian found the net with
1:11 remaining in the quarter.

Conway struck for the Garnet at the 10:36 mark of the second
period to tie the game, 3-3. First-year Brian Gleason (Darien,
Conn./Darien) tallied the first his three goals at the 5:35 mark,
scoring off an assist from Beitel to give Dickinson a 4-3 advantage
at the break.

The third quarter saw five goals, but all came in the final 4:34
of the period. Daniel Kowalyshyn tied the game with an assist from
Zach Belden to trigger a scoring frenzy in the final minutes. The
teams traded goal for goal to enter the final quarter tied,
6-6.

Beitel connected with Gleason at the 2:39 mark before Jonathan
Molloy tallied another Garnet equalizer. Sophomore Nick Leon (Chevy
Chase, Md./Gonzaga) scored to give Cherry his third assist of the
game with 53 seconds to play. Kevin Pytlar evened things again,
6-6, with just 21 seconds on the clock.

The Red Devil defense closed the door in the fourth, holding the
Garnet scoreless while netting three for the final margin of 9-6.
Gleason completed the hat-trick with 10:33 remaining, crediting
Ward Gruppo (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Prep). Beitel scored on the
ensuing face-off as classmate Brandon Palladino (Basking Ridge,
N.J./Basking Ridge) controlled the ground ball and dished out the
assist.

Cherry finished off the scoring with 7:11 remaining as Kingsley
found him for the Devils' final tally.

Palladino finished with eight ground balls, causing three
turnovers in the midfield. Peter Zouck (Baltimore, Md./Gilman)
turned in another strong performance with two caused turnovers and
three GBs. Senior John Haire (Darien, Conn./Darien) caused three
turnovers as well while first-year Draper Donley (Lutherville,
Md./St. Paul's) added four GBs and caused turnover as well. Kevin
Joy (Darien, Conn./Darien) played well in the midfield, adding a
pair of caused turnovers and four GBs.

Greg Hanley (Laurel Hollow, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) made 11
saves in the Devil cage, stopping six shots in the second
quarter.

Beitel led the way on attack with a pair of goals and two
assists. Cherry struck once and tallied three assists while Gleason
recorded the hat-trick with three goals on the day. Kingsley was
solid behind the cage, picking up seven GBs to go with his goal and
assist.